Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidon weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sidon: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabatîyé et Tahta (22 km away). In May its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sidon, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Sidon ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Sidon is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sidon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 213 | 14.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 173 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 107 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 59 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 20 | 3.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 122 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 201 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in MayLebanon · 22 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Aley in MayLebanon · 35 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Tyre in MayLebanon · 36 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Beirut in MayLebanon · 39 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Jounieh in MayLebanon · 52 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Zahlé in MayLebanon · 59 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Dārayyā in MaySyria · 81 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Damascus in MaySyria · 85 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sidon) is explained once on the Sidon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.